. >> laura: joining me now from new york fox news anchor geraldo rivera. you can see him at 10:00 p.m. okay f fnc. geraldo, i felt really bad for the mayor. >> no, you did not. >> laura: i actually did. that was a terrible position to be in. because it was apparently where in the teleprompter that this thing was going to get done one way or another. the fix was in for getting god back into the platform. but you had people who were really ticked off and it was obviously divided. no way two thirds voted to reinsert god. >> i have to do a quick preamble. i was very critical of the republicans. i was down in tampa poor putting in their platform abortion without exemption. anti-gay marriage amendment to the federal constitution. harsh language on immigration. i thought they did not need to take those harsh positions because they already had that vote. so why not broaden the tent? why not, you know, broaden the appeal? why be so partisan. >> that's what they believe. >> all right. that's what they believe. now, the democrats, i thought, equally self-inflicted a